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New Archaeological Find Confirms the Temple Mount's Jewish Roots

(JNS) Moshe Phillips - Israeli archaeologists in Jerusalem found a 2,700-year-old stone seal last week near the Temple Mount's southern wall in Jerusalem. The writing on the seal is Hebrew - a Jewish name: Yeho'ezer ben Hoshayahu. That name is very similar to the name of one of King David's warriors mentioned in the Torah, and to a Jewish name mentioned in the book of Jeremiah. Filip Vukosavovic of the Israel Antiquities Authority said the seal, which dates to about 700 BCE, was used by someone who "held a senior position in the Kingdom of Judah's administration." It was only some 1,400 years after the creation of that seal, in the seventh century CE, that the Muslims of the Arabian Peninsula invaded and occupied the Land of Israel. The Muslim occupiers never called the country "Palestine."
2024-09-05 00:00:00
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